what is your definition of sport?

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by DJDD

Outbackmanyep: do you throw anything in darts or bowling? so, they ARE sports.

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In bowling you are "bowling" the ball, not throwing, depending on your style i suppose! lol.......in darts you throw something but do you work up a sweat??

In my opinion anything that has a competitive nature is a sport!

Cheers!

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

In my opinion anything that has a competitive nature is a sport!

Trolling on a web forum?
Some see that as "sport"

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

A spectator spectacle like throwing Christians to the lions, gladiators fighting to the death, chariot races, ice hockey

[Spanrz (Brett)]

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

In bowling you are "bowling" the ball, not throwing, depending on your style i suppose! lol
In my opinion anything that has a competitive nature is a sport!
Cheers!

Played the "sport" Lawn Bowls for a number of years. Even though a lot of people still classify it as an oldies game, a lot of young people play it.
It is an extremely competitive game, and it finishes in the bar... ........
Many people under the age of 30 are in the higher end of the game. Namely the Australian Squad.

The games to watch are Div 1 or Premier league.

The most amazing thing in this sport, is the comeback. You can be so far way down, that a lot of people give up.
Then the loudness comes into it, yelling, screaming, jumping, trying to jeer up the team, then it's like Geelong or Essendon (AFL) on a huge momentus run, it can turn on a dime and it's game on.
Many games won in the last few minutes are on a "moral high" after team mates are all jeered up.

[Outbackmanyep]

Hi Sparnz,
I recently attended a Charity Bowls day in Walcha recently, its a great feeling when a) i can't do lawn bowls properly and b) i CAN do Tenpin properly.
So when the oldies get their bowls closer than ours i ruined their efforts with a tenpin "drive" which won my team a few points, but not enough to take 'em down!
It was a fun day and yeah it did end up at the bar!

[Terry B]

According to WC Fields (I Think)there are only 3 sports.
Motor racing, mountain climbing and bull fighting.
All other pastimes are just games.

When this was written, all 3 of these pursuits put the competitors life at serious risk. Maybe that is what is needed to turn a game into a sport.

Is tiger risking his life on the golf course?
Maybe this only applies at his home.

[Baddad (Marty)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Watching customers trying to exit our store via the fixed glass panels.
Great sport!!

Hi jjj,
That has got to be funny at times. Surely you must bite your tongue to hide any laughter?

Hi All,

You people have made some interesting comments. I'm playing coward and not really entering the discussion, but I will add some info I have come across:

I believe that games and sport are different.
The sport of kings is accepted to be horse racing.
The game of kings is chess.

Lawn bowls, which I used to play, has the highest ratio of fatalities in comparison to other sports. This I cannot qualify but I've heard the statement from different scources.

Cheers Marty

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Baron von Richthofen

A spectator spectacle like throwing Christians to the lions, gladiators fighting to the death, chariot races, ice hockey

Ice Hockey, now that takes me back.
Used to go to every game at the Toombul Ice Skating Rink. Some of the boys at school used to play.
I used to run the score board.
Very messy sport. Most injuries were from the blades. They're so sharp. The blood would stain the ice for weeks.

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Ice Hockey, now that takes me back.
Used to go to every game at the Toombul Ice Skating Rink. Some of the boys at school used to play.
I used to run the score board.
Very messy sport. Most injuries were from the blades. They're so sharp. The blood would stain the ice for weeks.

I used to go there to watch it, love ice hockey very fast

[Rainingstar (Lorraine)]

Originally Posted by Jen

when i hear the word sport on the TV = change the channel

Ditto Jen

[Vartigy]

Pro-gaming.
Hugely competetive.

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Ice Hockey, now that takes me back.
Used to go to every game at the Toombul Ice Skating Rink. Some of the boys at school used to play.
I used to run the score board.
Very messy sport. Most injuries were from the blades. They're so sharp. The blood would stain the ice for weeks.

I would love to see a pro ice hockey teem game, top of the league US or Canada

[michaellxv (Michael)]

It's very hard to define concisely. What comes to mind is sport is any physical pursuite which requires skill in one or more areas and is played within a set of rules.

But, once you start getting paid and it is your main source of income then I would start to classify it as work not sport.

[DJDD]

and to expand on this: what is the definition of an Olympic sport?
to expand on my definition earlier- an Olympic sport should have some heritage of battle.

so running, jumping, throwing, canoeing/kayaking would be olympic sports. but tennis? no...